Tonight's Law & Disorder: July 29, 2013

The following items are based on information provided by officials in law enforcement and the criminal justice system.

KINGSTON

· False personation, unlicensed operation: Elijah Caberera, 21, of 46 Washington Ave., and Brittanie Castiglione, 21, of 62 Guyton St., both of Kingston, were arrested at 11:49 a.m. Saturday by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. Caberera was charged with misdemeanor false personation after providing a false name to deputies. Castiglione was charged with misdemeanor aggravated unlicensed operation. Both were issued tickets for Kingston City Court. Caberera was also turned over to the Ulster police department on a warrant.

· DWI: Jonathan R. Carpino, 25, of Kingston was arrested at 3:14 a.m. Sunday and charged by state police at Ulster with misdemeanor drunken driving following a traffic stop on Franklin and Fair streets. He was issued tickets for Kingston City Court.

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TOWN OF ULSTER

· Theft: Christopher M. Yamawki, 36, Kingston, was arrested at 10 p.m. Saturday by state police at Ulster and charged with felony grand larceny. Authorities said Yamawki racked up $3,000 in credit card charges on the credit card of an elderly relative. He was sent to Ulster County Jail on $10,000 bail.

· Forgery: Angelina L. Shultis, of Kingston was arrested Sunday by Ulster town police and charged with felony forgery. Authorities said Shultis fraudulently used a credit card that didn't belong to her to make $355.64 in merchandise purchases from Walmart. She was released to appear in Ulster Town Court.

CATSKILL

· DWI: Steve C. Nobles, 28, of Cairo, was arrested at 11:45 a.m. Sunday and charged with the felonies of drunken driving and aggravated unlicensed operation following a traffic stop by state police at Catskill on Cauterskill Road and state Route 23. Authorities said Nobles was driving drunk with children in his vehicle. He was ordered held pending further proceedings.

· Welfare fraud, theft: Dawn Keane, 43, of Catskill, was arrested on Friday by state police and charged with welfare fraud and grand larceny, both felonies. Authorities said Keane stole $1,288.33 in Medicaid benefits from the Greene County Department of Social Services by failing to report household income. She was released pending further proceedings.

HYDE PARK

· Weapons, menacing: David J. Grotevant, of Hyde Park, was arrested at 8:15 p.m. on July 21 and charged by Hyde Park police with felony possession of a weapon and misdemeanor menacing for threatening another man with a knife. Police said the victim indicated that Grotevant became angry during a conversation between the two and Grotevant pulled out a knife and threatened to stab the victim. Grotevant was sent to Dutchess County Jail on $20,000 bail

HUDSON

· Welfare fraud, theft: Nicole Reutzel, 30, of Hudson, was arrested on Friday by state police and charged with welfare fraud and grand larceny, both felonies. Authorities said Reutzel stole $1,485.58 in Medicaid benefits from the Greene County Department of Social Services when she failed to report her move out of Greene County. She was released pending further proceedings.

LLOYD

· DWI: Lawrence E. Christopher, 50, of Wappingers Falls, was arrested Saturday and charged with drunken driving by Lloyd police following a traffic stop on U.S. Route 44/state Route 55 in Highland. He was issued tickets for Lloyd Town Court.

· Drugs, trespass: Brandy M. Russell, 34, of Poughkeepsie, was arrested Saturday and charged with misdemeanor possession of a hypodermic instrument and the violation of trespass after Lloyd police found her on the Walkway Over the Hudson after the park had closed. Russell, who was also wanted on a bench warrant for petit larceny, was sent to Ulster County Jail on $1,000 bail.

· Perjury, falsifying business records, falsely reporting an incident: John H. Wallace III, 26, of Highland, was arrested on July 24 and charged with falsifying business records and perjury, both felonies, and misdemeanor falsely reporting an incident by Lloyd police for falsely reporting about $500 in property stolen from his residence. He was issued tickets for Lloyd town court

OLIVE

· DWI: Lawrence T. Brown III, 19, of Acorn Hill Road, in Olive was arrested at 12:14 a.m. Sunday and charged by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office with drunken driving and driving while ability impaired by drugs, misdemeanors, as well as the violations of unlawful possession of marijuana and possession of alcohol under the age of 21, and numerous traffic infractions following a one-car accident on Weber Lane. Authorities said Brown lost control of his Jeep Cherokee and struck a utility pole. He was sent to Ulster County Jail on $1,000 bail.

· Drugs: Maxwell Halaska, 20, of Old Wagon Road, Woodstock, was arrested at 9:40 p.m. Saturday and charged by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office with felony possession of a controlled substance. Authorities said that during a traffic stop in the parking lot of the Olivebridge Post Office, 20 bags of heroin were found in Halaska's vehicle. He was sent to Ulster County Jail on $10,000 bail.

MARBLETOWN

· Weapons: Craig Newby, 41, of Stillwater Road, in Stone Ridge was arrested at 7:30 p.m. Sunday and charged by the Ulster County Sheriff's Office with felony and misdemeanor weapons possession and the violation of unlawful possession of marijuana, when, during a welfare check by the Ulster County Department of Social Services Child Protective Services unit and law enforcement, authorities found an unregistered handgun, several loaded high-capacity magazines and marijuana. Newby was sent to Ulster County Jail on $10,000 bail.

SAUGERTIES

· DWI: Anna L. Smith, 30, of Charlotte, N.C., was arrested by Saugerties police at 1:23 a.m. Sunday and charged with drunken driving following a one-car accident on Sparling Road. She was issued tickets for Saugerties Town Court.

· Obstruction of governmental administration: William A. Raymond Jr., 26, of 75 High Falls Road Extenstion in Catskill, was arrested at 11:20 p.m. Saturday and charged by Saugerties police with misdemeanor obstruction of governmental administration following a domestic dispute that occurred at the intersection of state routes 32 and 32A. He was issued tickets for Saugerties Town Court.

TANNERSVILLE

· Welfare fraud, theft, filing a false instrument: John Donato, 59, of Tannersville, was arrested Friday by New York state police and charged with welfare fraud, grand larceny and filing a false instrument, for taking $4,804 in food stamp benefits and $650 in Home Energy Assistance Program benefits to which he wasn't entitled. He was released pending further proceedings.